Peadar Tóibín
Ceist:34. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will grant a holiday visa to a person (details supplied). [23625/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThursday, 18 May 2017
Ceisteanna (34)
Freagraí scríofa
I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that a visa application was made in October 2016 which was refused. While it was open to appeal that decision within two months, no such appeal was made.
It remains open to the persons named to make a fresh visa application. The INIS website (www.inis.gov.ie) contains comprehensive guidelines to assist the applicant with the application process. The information contained on the website is for guidance purposes only and does not limit the discretion of the Visa Officer in dealing with individual applications.
Where an application is made by or on behalf of a child, it is important to ensure that the persons travelling with the child are authorised to have the child in their care. If the child is travelling with one or both of his or her parents, it is necessary to ensure that evidence of the relationship is provided. This is normally achieved through the provision of birth certificates and passports. Where the child is travelling with one parent only, it is necessary to provide evidence that the other parent agrees to the child's travel or that the parent caring for the child has sole custody of the child. In the case of an adopted child, evidence of the legal adoption will be necessary.
Each visa application is assessed on its own merits. Therefore, all information that the applicant wishes to have taken into consideration should be included where a visa application is submitted. It is strongly advised that the application fully addresses the reasons for the earlier refusal in any new application.
Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. This service enables up-to-date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek information by way of the Parliamentary Questions process. The Deputy may consider using the e-mail service except in cases where the response from INIS is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited. In addition, applicants may themselves e-mail queries directly to visamail@justice.ie.